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I CANT STAND THIS GAME HAVING MIXED REVIEWS.
this game is a masterpiece. shame on you not recommending it, i was almost listening to you and got very sad cause my expectation was very high either, then some positive review written by smart guys convinced me and now i know the rate is mixed just because many people who cannot understand art feel free to throw mud on this precious gem just because THEY LITERALLY EXPECTED TO PLAY INSIDE 2, and this is nor limbo or inside 2, THIS IS SOMERVILLE!
you know what you mud throwing people, i'll tell you something you might not expect: for many aspects, SOMERVILLE IS SUPERIOR TO BOTH INSIDE AND LIMBO.
people keep talking about puzzles, yes you are right, limbo and inside have more difficult puzzles.
so, what? are puzzles the main reason you played limbo and inside? there are better puzzles games out there which can test your solving problem skills far better than this genre, don't tell me you are classifying limbo and inside as the best puzzle games ever. if that's so, you haven't understood neither limbo or inside, you are not going to understand somerville for sure.... and anyway, it's not that somerville puzzles suck, is just something that can be improved for the next game, that's all. and to be improved, i just intend in terms of their growing complexity throughout the game, cause for the rest, the main concept behind somerville puzzles is far more original than limbo and inside, in some cases puzzle are really interesting and makes you say "WOW", they are wonderfully implemented and spectacular in a way that limbo and inside just can dream of.
then people keep talking about controls and mobility : first of all, don't trust them, it's true there are things to improve for sure, but that's not the tragedy they are trying to depict, the game is playable, who knows why when people are disappointed in their expectations they just see everything as totally bad. not objective, irrational behavior, if you want to play this game, you are going to enjoy this without any frustration.
they say the character is slow, that's make me laugh honestly, cause the slow character walking in the environment is just one of the main attributes this game genre (it's like this to make you enjoy the art and music and create the right mood, if you don't like enjoying music and art, go play another genre, cause this games are not just "puzzle games"). anyway i agree they could have added a way to control sprint or whatever, but i repeat, this is just something it can be improved with a simple patch, it doesn't make the game a bad product considering the kind of game we are talking about here.
sometimes it is hard to understand the path the game wants you to walk to, this is true, but come one man, few seconds of trial and error are usually enough, i honestly never got stuck anywhere because of this problem. of course they must improve this, but don't forget that both limbo and inside were completely 2D, while somerviless is 2.5D as you can walk in deepness, if you consider the focus on the art and the environment that this genre has, this makes somerville superior to both limbo and inside, as well as also harder to make, i'm looking forward for the next game to see how they are going to improve this.
i'm not even going to comment who says that the story sucks cause they don't explain anything. i think those guys didn't even play limbo or inside and just bought a wrong genre for their tastes.
then other people just talk about the art and music like it is irrelevant, yeye good art, yeye good music, yeye story mistery interesting, but shitty game.
after playing this, i'm just without words: go play chess if you like hard puzzles without art, really.
inside and limbo made bingo thanks to the mood they created with art + story + music.
guess what, somerville art + story + music is SUPERIOR. it's just better, play this and you will notice. good job to the creators really.
i don't think the game is shorter, it looks that way cause puzzles are easier to solve so you will progress faster than limbo and inside, but the content is not poor at all.
i really hope they are going to improve their puzzles for the next game, so this could really be considered as PERFECT, but meanwhile, don't deprive yourself from a very good game like this, that is not inferior to limbo and inside, trust me, it's worth a try and you won't be disappointed if you really loved limbo and inside mainly because of their MOOD, and not just because of their puzzles.